30 Bible Verses about Servanthood, In Life Of Believers

And Moses was indeed faithful in all his house as a servant, unto the testimony of those things which shall be spoken;

And they are singing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and wonderful are thy works, O Lord God Omnipotent; true and righteous are thy ways, thou King of the nations:

in the house of David His son.

the One speaking through the mouth of David, thy child, our father through the Holy Ghost, Wherefore did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and his Christ.

No one is able to serve two masters: for he will hate the one, and love the other; or cleave to the one, and despise the other. You are not able to serve God and mammon.

No servant is able to serve two masters: for he will hate the one, and love the other; or he will cleave to the one, and despise the other. You are not able to serve God and mammon.

But when the Son of min may come in His glory, and all His angels with Him, then will He sit upon the throne of His glory: and all nations shall be gathered before Him: and He will separate them from one another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats: and He will place the sheep on His right, and the goats on His left.read more.
Then the King will say to those on His right, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom which has been prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat: I was thirsty, and you gave me drink: I was a stranger, and you took me in; was naked, and ye clothed me: was sick, and ye visited me: was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then the righteous will respond to Him, saying; Lord, when saw we thee then hungry, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? And when saw we thee then a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? But when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King responding will say unto them, Truly I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did these things to one of the least of these my brethren, you did them unto me. Then will He also say unto those on the left, Depart from me, ye cursed, into eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry, and you gave me nothing to eat: I was thirsty, and you gave me nothing to drink: I was a stranger and you took me not in; was naked, and you clothed me not; was sick, and in prison, and you visited me not. Then will they also respond, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and ministered not unto thee? Then will He respond to them, saying, Truly I say unto you, Inasmuch as you did not these things to one of the least of these, you did them not unto me. And these shall go away into eternal punishment: and the righteous into eternal life.

If any one may minister unto me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall my minister be: if any one may minister unto me, the Father will honor him.

You call me Master and Lord, and you speak beautifully; for I am. If then I, your Lord and Master, washed your feet, you ought also to wash the feet of one another. For I have given unto you an example, that you may also do as I have done to you.read more.
Truly, truly, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; nor the apostle greater than him that sent him. If you know these things, happy are ye if you may do them.

No longer do I call you servants; because the servant knows not what his lord is doing: but I have called you friends; because all things which I heard with my Father, I made known unto you.

For the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a landlord man, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. And having agreed with the laborers for a denarion per day, sent them into his vineyard. And having gone out about the third hour, he saw others standing idle in the forum:read more.
and he said to them, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they departed. Again having gone out about the sixth and ninth hours, he did likewise. And about the eleventh hour having gone out, he found others standing; and says to them, Why stand ye here idle all the day? They say to him, Because no one hired us. He says to them, Go ye also into the vineyard. And it being evening, the lord of the vineyard says to his steward, Call the laborers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last even unto the first. And those having come about the eleventh hour, received each man a denarion. But the first having come supposed that they shall receive more; and themselves also received each one a denarion. But receiving it, they murmured against the landlord, saying, These labored one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, who bore the burden of the day and the heat. But he responding said to one of them, Comrade, I do thee no wrong; didst thou not agree with me for a denarion? Take thine own, and go. I wish to give unto this last one, even as unto thee. Is it not lawful for me to do as I wish with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? So the last shall be first, and first last.

Then who is the faithful and wise servant, whom the lord placed over his household to give them their food in season? Happy is that servant whom, his lord having come, will find so doing. Truly I say unto you, that he will appoint him over all his possessions.read more.
But if the wicked servant may say in his heart, My lord delayeth; and may begin to smite his fellow-servants, and eat and drink with the drunken; the lord of that servant will come in a day in which he does not expect, and an hour in which he does not know, and he will cut him off, and will appoint his part with hypocrites: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of the teeth.

The Lord said, Who then is the faithful, wise steward, whom the lord will establish over his house-hold, to give them their food in season? Happy is that servant, whom his lord having come shall thus find watching. Truly I say unto you, that he will establish him over all his possessions.read more.
But if that servant may say in his heart, my lord delayeth his coming, and may begin to smite the servants and handmaidens, and to eat and drink, and be drunken; the lord of that servant will come in a day in which he does not expect, and in an hour in which he does not know, and will cut him off, and will appoint his part with the unbelievers.

For as a man going away, called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods, to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each one according to his own ability; and departed. The one having received the five talents going immediately, operated with the same, and made other five talents.read more.
Likewise the one having received two gained two others. And he having received one, having gone away, digged up the earth, and buried the money belonging to his lord. And after a long time the lord of those servants comes, and makes a reckoning with them. And the one having received the five talents coming to him brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou didst deliver unto me five talents: behold, I have gained other five talents. His lord said to him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou wast faithful over few things, and I will make thee ruler over many things: come thou into the joy of thy lord. And the one having received two talents, coming to him, said, Lord, thou didst deliver unto me two talents: behold, I have gained other two talents. And his lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou wast faithful over few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: come thou into the joy of thy lord. And the one having received one talent also coming, said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strewn: and being afraid, having gone away, I hid thy talent in the earth: behold, thou hast thine own. And his Lord responding said to him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, didst thou know that I gather where I have not sown, and reap where I have not strewn? Therefore it behooved thee to put my money in the bank, and having come, I would receive my own with the product. Therefore take the talent from him, and give it to the one having ten talents. For to every one having it shall be given, and he shall superabound: but from the one not having shall be taken away even that which he has. And cast ye the unprofitable servant into the darkness which is without: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of the teeth.

Then He said, A certain nobleman went to a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and return. And calling his ten servants, he gave to them ten pounds, and said to them, Operate till I come. But his citizens continued to hate him, and sent an embassy after him, saying, We do not wish this man to rule over us.read more.
And it came to pass, when he returned, having received the kingdom, and he said, that those servants should be called, to whom he had given the money, in order that he might know what each one had gained by their merchandise. And the first came, saying, Lord, thy pound has gained ten pounds. And he said to him, Well done, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in the least, have thou authority over ten cities. And the second one came, saying, Lord, thy pound has gained five pounds. And he also said to him, Be thou over five cities. And the other one came, saying, Lord, behold, thy pound, which I had laid away in a napkin: for I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that which thou hadst not laid down, and thou reapest that which thou hast not sown. And he says to him, Out of thine own mouth I will judge thee, thou wicked servant. Didst thou know that I am an austere man, taking up what I have not laid down, and reaping what I have not sown? Wherefore indeed didst thou not put my money in the bank? and having come I would have received the same with the product. And he said to the bystanders, Take the pound from him, and give it to the one having ten pounds. And they said to him, Lord, he has ten pounds. I say unto you, that to every one having it shall be given; and from every one not having, it shall be taken away even that which he hath. Moreover bring these my enemies, not wishing me to rule over them, hither, and slay them before me.

Let your loins be girted, and your lamps burning; and be you like unto men waiting for their lord, when he may rise up from the marriage feast; in order that, coming and knocking, they may open unto him immediately. Blessed are those servants, whom the lord having come will find watching: truly I say unto you, that he will gird himself, and have them sit down, and having come will serve them.read more.
If at the second, and third, watch he may come, happy are ye. Know this, that if the landlord knew at what hour the thief cometh, he would not have permitted his house to be broken into. Be ye also ready: because at an hour you do not think the Son of man cometh.

But which one of you, having a servant plowing or serving a shepherd, who will say to him, having come in from the field, Coming hither sit down immediately? But will he not say to him, Prepare what I may sup, and girding thyself, minister unto me, until I may eat and drink; and after these things you eat and drink? Whether does he thank the servant because he did the things which were commanded?read more.
Likewise also, when you may do those things which are commanded you, say that, We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which we ought to do.

She, following Paul and us, continued to cry out, saying, These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.

and upon my servants and my handmaidens I will pour out of my Spirit on those days, and they shall prophesy.

And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to thy servants with all boldness to speak thy word,

Simon Peter, the servant of God and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those receiving like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.

Moreover I have boldness in Christ Jesus as to the things appertaining to God:

For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how I unceasingly make mention of you always in my prayer;

but in everything commending ourselves, as the ministers of God, in much patience, in tribulations, in straits, in difficulties,

I give thanks to God, whom I serve from my ancestors with a clean conscience, as I have incessant mention of you in my prayers, night and day

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called an apostle, having been separated unto the gospel of God,

For must I now believe men, or God? whether do I seek to please men? if I were still pleasing men, I would not be the servant of Christ.

Paul and Timothy, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints who are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons.

if you abide in the faith, having been grounded and firm, and not moved from the hope of the gospel which you have heard, having been preached in all creation which is under heaven; whose minister I Paul became.

For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.